Cyrano de Bergerac Lesson Plan

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

1. 1

   To understand the structural elements of drama, particularly as applied to the process of adaptation.

2. 2

   To understand the cultural significance of the Cyrano plot, and to deconstruct some of its assumptions.

3. 3

   To study form and rhetoric in a highly stylized setting.

4. 4

   To understand the fundamentals of theater-making, and to apply creative and interpretive skills to a major theatrical work.